2 Arrested In Man's Shooting

HAMPTON — A 21-year-old Newport News man and a juvenile from Hampton have been arrested in last week's shooting of a man in a Hampton parking lot.

Cleveland Jermaine Wilson, 22, was shot in the chest in his car Thursday in the parking lot of 2135 Cunningham Drive, near the intersection of Von Schilling Drive, during what police said appears to have been a drug deal.

FOR THE RECORD - Published correction ran Wednesday, October 24, 2007. An article in Tuesday's Local section incorrectly reported that Sean Harvest had been arrested and released on bond. He was issued a summons on possession of marijuana but was never detained. (Text corrected and deleted.)

His injuries were not life threatening, Hampton police spokeswoman Allison Good said Monday.

Wilson and two of his roommates have been charged with drug offenses.

Lenard Sherman Lyons, 21, of Roam Court in Newport News, was charged with maiming, robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, shooting into an occupied vehicle and two counts of use of a firearm while in the commission of a felony.

A 17-year-old from Hampton, who hasn't been identified by police because of his age, has been charged with the same offenses.

Good said the two suspects approached Wilson with the intention to rob him. One fired several shots and Wilson was hit in the chest.

The two men fled on foot. A passer-by saw Wilson, who was bleeding from a gunshot wound, getting out of his Honda Accord and placing an item from the trunk of the car in some bushes, according to the court document. He then tried to drive away, hitting several parked cars in the process.

The affidavit said a police dog detected the scent of drugs in the victim's vehicle. Police recovered a shoe box containing marijuana from the bushes.

Wilson has been charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, intent to distribute drugs within 1,000 feet of a school and possession of a firearm with more than five pounds of marijuana.

Police were given permission to search Wilson's home on Connie Street in Hampton, according to an affidavit for a search warrant obtained in Hampton Circuit Court.

Police recovered almost 10 pounds of marijuana from the house, along with firearms and drug paraphernalia.

Good said Loreal Edwards, 21, who lives in the same home on Connie Street, had been charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm with more than five pounds of marijuana.

Sean Harvest, 35, who lives at the same address, was issued a summons on possession of marijuana.